[BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

[saddle sore]

Tim
my first reply was to say hand grenades but since it was Tour of Honor
sites, I went with horseshoes.
Joe

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Tim Bowman <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Also in hand grenades . . .
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> sore
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC
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> Tim
> I agree that usually close to the exact lat lon is good enough, but as I
> visit some of these memorial sites, there are multiple memorials next to
> each other.  So, being exact helps me to specify the particular memorial
> that I want to nominate.  So, as they say, close only counts in a game of
> horseshoes.
> See ya on the road,  Joe
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Tim Bowman <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Joe,
> >
> > Another way to cut and paste would be to use the SNIPPING tool (in Win
> > 8) to capture the reading, but I suspect it will be too labor
> > intensive to strip out the data you need.
> >
> > If your bike's GPS unit won't function out of the cradle, a simpler
> > solution might be to carry a small and inexpensive hand-held GPS to
> > the site and mark
> > the site with the GPS.  Then download those waypoints.   As for me, I
> would
> > just take my Garmin Montana or 60CSx out of their cradle and walk up
> > to the site, and mark the waypoint if I wanted to pin it down exactly.
> > Normally I'm fine with anything within 20-30 feet (and sometimes
> > longer), so I just mark it with the unit still mounted on the bike.
> >
> > Tim Bowman
> > Burien, WA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of
> > saddle sore
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:42 PM
> > To: BaseCamp
> > Subject: [BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC
> >
> > Hi
> > As I travel throughout PA, I am photographing war memorials to submit
> > for potential Tour Of Honor sites for future years.  Typically the
> > memorial is off the road and a distance from my handlebar mounted GPS
> > device.  Once I photograph the memorial, I also photograph the GPS
> > screen showing me the Lat/Lon of where I am parked (not necessarily
> > where the memorial is  -- close but not exact).  When I get home I
> > open Google Earth Pro, type in that Lat/Lon from my GPS screen photo
> > and get flown in to where I was parked.
> > Then I search for the memorial.
> >
> > I am able to exactly pin point the memorial with GEP, as I zoom in as
> > close as possible.  I see the Lat and Lon read outs in the lower right
> > hand corner of the screen.
> >
> > Is there any way to capture those Lat and Lon readings so that I can
> > then input them into BaseCamp using Find>Locate Coordinates?  Maybe some
> version
> > of a copy and paste method??   Currently I'm using the old school method
> of
> > holding my cursor on the memorial while in GEP, writing down the Lat
> > and Lon, and then going into BC and typing those coordinates in by
> > hand so that I can get a waypoint pin pointed on the memorial.  Most
> > of the time I get the numbers written down and re-typed properly, but
> > dyslexia can put me into another state or country very easily.  LOL
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> > Joe Y
> > western PA
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